PFEFFERNUESSE
Reading edition
4½ C sifted flour
¼ t soda
1 t each: cloves, nutmeg, salt
⅛ t cinnamon
¼ t black pepper
2 t anise seed
4 eggs slightly beaten
2 C (packed brown sugar)
Combine eggs and brown sugar. Add dry ingredients and mix. Shape into walnut-sized balls and put on greased baking sheet. Let stand overnight covered with towel. Bake 20 to 25 minutes (350°). Shake few cookies at time in paper bag with confectioner's sugar. Keep tightly covered. Become softer the longer kept.
